356 MINERALS YEARBOOK 1985 
 
Table 7.—Mine production of recoverable copper in the United States,
by month and by 
State —Continued 
(Metric tons) 
 1981 1982 1983 1984r 1985 
  Morenci Greenlee, AZ_____ 
 2 Tyrone Grant,NM 
 3 Chino    do         
 4 Sierrita Piina,AZ________ 
Kennecott______________ Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co      
 
 
Pinto Valley Copper Corp     Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. 
ASAR~O Incorporated______ 
 
Kennecott______________ 
 5 SanManuel 
 6 Ray_________ 
 7 Bagdad_______ 
 8 PintoValley~ 
 9 Inspiration____ 
 10 Eisenhower____ 
 11 Bingham Canyon - 
 12 Troy________ 
 13 TwinButtes_ 
 14 Copperhill_____ 
 
15 Lakeshore_____ 
 
16 Casteel_______ 
 
17 SanXavier____ 
 
18 Esperanza_____ 
 19 SilverBell_____ 
 20 Miami_______ 
 21 Mission______ 
 22 Battle Mountain_ — 
 23 Johnson______ 
 24 Buick_______ 
 25 Copper Queen - - - 
Pinal,AZ      
 
- — — _do________ Yavapai,AZ       
 
Gila, AZ 
 
— — — _do________ 
 
Pima,AZ       SaltLake,UT      
 
Lincoln, MT       
 
Pima,AZ_______ 
 
Polk,TN________ 
 
 
Pinal,AZ        
 
Iron,MO         
 
Pima,AZ      
 
- — — _do_____ 
 
— — — _do________ Gila, AZ Pima,AZ________

 
Lander, NV       
 
COCIUSe,AZ      Iron,MO         
 
Cochise, AZ       
ASARCO Incorporated______ 
 
AnamaxMiningCo________ 
 
Tennessee Chemical Co______ 
 
 
Noranda Lakeshore Mines Inc - - 
 
St. Joe Minerals Corp_______ 
 
ASARCO Incorporated______ 
 
DuvalCorp_____________ 
 
ASARCO Incorporated______ 
Pinto Valley Copper Corp 
ASARCO Incorporated______ 
 
Battle Mountain Gold Co_____ 
 
Cyprus Johnson Copper Co - - - AMAX Lead Co. of Missouri - - - - 
 
PhelpsDodgeCorp_________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
State —Continued 
 Nevada  W W W W W 
 NewMexico - 154,114 W W W W 
 Oregon - W -- W -- -- 
 SouthCarolina W -- -- -- -- 
 Tennessee - W W W W W 
 Utah 211,276 189,090 169,751 W W 
 Washington W W -- -- -- 
 Total 1,538,160 1,146,975 1,038,098 1,102,613 1,105,758 
 
T~j~ W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in
"Total." 
Table 8 
 
 
Rank 
.—.Twenty-fi 
 
Mine 
ye leading copper-producing mm in order of output 
 
County and State 
es in the United S 
 
 
Operator 
tates in 1985, 
 
 
Source of copper 
1 
 Phelps Dodge Corp Copper-molybde 
   num ore, con 
   centrated and 
   leached. 
 Phelps Dodge Corp. and BurrO Copper ore, con- 
  Chief Copper Co.  centrated and 
   leached. 
 Chino Mines Co Copper-molybde 
   num ore, con- 
centrated and 
   leached. 
 Duval Corp Copper molybde 
   num ore, con 
   centrated. 
 Magma Copper Co Copper-molybde 
   num öre and re 
   treated slag, 
   concentrated. 
  Copper ore, con 
   centrated and 
   leached. 
  Copper-molybde 
   num ore, con 
   centrated and 
   leached. 
    Do. 
    Do. 
Copper ore, 
concentrated. 
Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached. 
Silver-copper ore, 
concentrated. 
Copper ore, 
leached. 
Copper-zinc-iron 
sulfide ore, 
concentrated. 
Copper ore, 
leached. 
Lead-copper ore, 
concentrated. 
Copper ore, 
concentrated. 
Copper ore, 
leached. 
Do. 
Do. 
Copper ore, 
concentrated. 
Copper ore, 
leached. 
Do. 
Lead-zinc ore, 
concentrated. 
Copper ore, 
leached.